Captain America’s shield is the inspiration behind this geeked out cake stand made with a little paint and a lot of glitter. This easy project is perfect for your wedding dessert table or to display your homemade cupcakes at home. My store bought ceramic cake stand, paint, Modpodge and glitter cost a little over $20 but you can save money by making your own stand from cups/candle holders and plates in your home.

Ant from nerdache-cakes is celebrating her favorite holiday with a 4th of July-Captain America three tiered cake. Standing 9″ tall this patriotic dessert was inspired by Natazilla’s Baker Steve fan art.

Captain America is a fictional character, a superhero that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics and created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Captain America was the alter ego of Steve Rogers, a frail young man who was enhanced to the peak of human perfection by an experimental serum in order to aid the United States war effort. Captain America wears a costume that bears an American flag motif, and is armed with an indestructible shield that can be thrown as a weapon.

Thor Cake by English Cake Lady of The Royal Bakery located in Campbell, Ca. It is a 7″ vanilla cake with white chocolate and strawberry vanilla bean Swiss meringue buttercream. The figures were based on drawings by Hebdon Studios.

Created by Little Box of Ideas, ”I decided to do a set of Superheroes Palettes. If it worked for them, then the combinations would have to be perfect. So I picked up a few of my favorites from the top of my head and picked a color palette of 12 colors for each, saved them as .ase [Adobe Swatch Exchange] files and Voila!! I have a zip file of 8 palettes for you to download.”